- Serves as a computer technology expert and coaches junior staff
- Responsible for the creation of standard images for physical servers, VMs and desktop virtualization
- Supports provisioning and de-provisioning as needed
- Provides Tier 3 support as needed
- Works on projects as assigned
- Develops SOP’s for the operations team, including but not limited to tasks such as server builds
- Develops documentation of overall data center systems architecture (infrastructure focused)
- Performs compute capacity planning and management and configuration management tasks as assigned
- Conducts assigned technology vendor and solution evaluations and develops related recommendations
- Supports the development of infrastructure services strategy and design
- Uses repeatable best practices in compliance with the customer’s architectural standards and engineering methodology
Primary
- 8+ years of relevant experience
- Solid understand of and experience with: o Compute infrastructure design, deployment and management o Virtualization solutions (VMWare and Hyper-V) o Windows host environments and related technologies o Citrix solutions o Application virtualization
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal
- Required Certifications: IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL Foundations v3)
Secondary
- Knowledge of and experience with VMWare and Hyper-V best practices
- Experience with Linux host environments where applicable
- Relevant Certifications: ITIL Intermediate v3 – Service Transition, IT Planning Protection and Optimization, Service Operation, Operation Support and Analysis, Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MSCE Server, MCSE Messaging), VMWare Certified Professional (VCP), CompTIA Server +, CompTIA Storage+ Powered by SNIA, EMC Storage Administrator (EMCSA), EMC Storage Implementation Engineer (EMCIE), HP ASE Storage Solutions Architect, Cisco Certified Network Professional – Data Center (CCNP –Data Center)
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO WORK WITH CANDIDATES ON H1B VISAS OR CANDIDATES REPRESENTED BY THIRD PARTIES.